Assist System explained

[Bob Steele]

The game should have been called Aerial "Possession"

They are using the term assist in a new way and not like it is used in sports

It is best to think of possession rather than assist.

For a team to get one assist one team has to have possession of the ball in one of the zones...

For two assists, 2 teams need to have had possession in two separate zones

For three assists 3 teams need to have had possessions in three separate zones.

It is pretty simple if you look at it this way...

One team can only get credit for a single possession and you have to have separate teams possess the ball in separate zones..

The assisting that will be done will be by robots that help other alliance robots to possess the ball in a zone that does not have an alliance robot possessing the ball already.

I think it will be played like this:

ball starts in end zone... hopefully a robot possesses it there...
it moves forward either by being carried or not... the ball is passed to another robot in either of the other two zones... and now two robots have had possession in two zones... now the only thing left to do is to recognize which robot has not possessed the ball and what zone needs that possession for the bonus... then the ball is scored...bam and you get 31 or 40 points..

I believe the alliance will rely on the monitor to see when the referees have indicated possession and then go back and fill in to get the bonuses...if necessary...the indication of possession should be real time but you must not rely on your OWN idea of what possession is but rather when the referee has seen it and recorded it.

If all three teams possess in all three zones you will get the big bonus... if a single separate team possesses in each of the zones you get the big bonus...

I think the monitor will have to be watched closely to determine when to go in for a score.

It is really nice that the GDC thought to put this monitor in a place where the alliance can really use it...